I urgently wrote to you last week about the work being done to save the dogs
at the Buriram and Khemmarat holding facilities.

The
treatment of these dogs is going according to plan and overall conditions
have improved. Dogs from the Buriram facility were transferred to a shelter
in Kanchanaburi where volunteers report they are in very bad condition. Soi
Dog will work with the groups there to provide assistance.

Soi Dog
is working closely with the head of the Khemmarat shelter, Khun Surasak to
improve facilities and care for these and even more dogs that will soon be
arriving. Air borne disease is a real risk. Dogs with distemper are housed
very close to mothers with puppies. Improvements to the Khemmarat shelter
are still in progress and the dogs are being cared for, vaccinated and
sterilized.

Breaking news…

We now face an even greater challenge to save the lives of over 1,200 plus
dogs rescued from the smugglers. This picture underscores for
me why the dog meat trade must be stopped. While thousands of homeless dogs
fall victims each month, the smugglers do not stop there. Do you see the
collar? This dog was obviously someone's pet. Do you see the condition of
this poor dog after just a short period after falling into the smugglers
hands? Can you imagine for a moment how you would feel if this was your
beloved companion?

Over 1,200 dogs have been intercepted in 2 separate raids since I last wrote
to you. Thai coalition forces comprising the Royal Thai Police, the Royal
Thai Navy Border Patrol with support from members of Animal Activists
Alliance Thailand have arrested international dog meat smugglers in the Ban
Phang District of Nakorn Phanom Province.

On Saturday alone a convoy
with around 800 dogs was intercepted late at night. The dogs had been kept
in the jungle for several days without food and water and are very weak.

The only viable option was to transport these dogs to the shelter facilities
in Nakhom Phanom. However the Governor of Nakhom Phanom when contacted
stated that the funds were not available to care for and feed these dogs.
Soi Dog Foundation has committed to cover the immediate costs. BUT – This cannot happen without your
immediate support!

Soi
Dog and Animal Activists Alliance, Thailand are supplying vets and other
staff as well as 12 tons of food. In addition all 1,200 plus dogs require
urgent vaccinating. A course of 3 vaccines for each dog will cost over
360,000 Thai baht alone! Without vaccinating there is a grave danger of them
being wiped out by distemper and parvo as has happened with other dogs
rescued from the smugglers.

The lives of these dogs are at immediate risk, unless these dogs are
vaccinated soon disease epidemics will break out and most will perish.
Your help is needed now!

The ongoing cost of caring for the dogs will be over 500,000 baht per month.

Thanks to efforts of Animal Activists Alliance, Thailand enormous progress
is being made. The value of these dogs alone in Vietnam is well over 3
million baht. The smugglers are losing a lot of money but we need to raise a
lot to be able to help these dogs and others who may well join them in
coming weeks.

We can save the rescued dogs and stop the dog meat
trade altogether, but only with your
support. The sheer numbers of dogs that are going to need somewhere to
go will bring matters to a head very soon thereby prompting the Government
to take action to stop the trade at its source.

This is the moment for you to take
action!By joining the Trade of Shame campaign today you can end the dog
meat trade! In order to meet the ongoing costs 500 or more people are needed
to join us as members of the Trade of Shame. Will you be one of them? Your
monthly donation of $15, $25, $35 or a most generous $45 is needed today.

Only with your help can dogs like the one
below be saved. Please take a moment to watch this short video and join us
in ending the inhumane Trade of Shame!

Following two amazing raids on dog traders in Thailand, our
colleagues at Soi Dog have been overwhelmed with 1200 dogs needing medical
treatment, care and homing. We have copied an extract below from their web
page at
http://www.soidog.org/en/newsletter-sign-up/past-newsletters/tos2/ - if
any of you can afford them some help, we know that they would appreciate it.
They are really struggling and the costs involved are enormous if these
lives are to be saved. Please send any donations direct to them through
their web site at http://www.soidog.org.
I can personally vouch for the integrity of these dedicated people.